Wired & Wireless Network Configuration

[pvivek2]

I believe i have a similar problem, please excuse me if i'm wrong.. i'm new to networking. Also i hope i'm right in posting my problem as a reply.. just thought mine was a similar problem to the one mentioned above..

I need to network two laptops and a desktop.. The two laptops are easily connected using wireless lan (wi fi adapter).. Now by connecting one of the laptops to the desktop by an ethernet cross over cable, can i set up a network involving all three computers and share files between all three? Or Is something extra required to complete the set up? because I tried age of empires lan game between the three and everything goes fine until the final step where it fails saying the desktop could not join the game...

[mylescdavis]

I believe i have a similar problem, please excuse me if i'm wrong.. i'm new to networking. Also i hope i'm right in posting my problem as a reply.. just thought mine was a similar problem to the one mentioned above..

I need to network two laptops and a desktop.. The two laptops are easily connected using wireless lan (wi fi adapter).. Now by connecting one of the laptops to the desktop by an ethernet cross over cable, can i set up a network involving all three computers and share files between all three? Or Is something extra required to complete the set up? because I tried age of empires lan game between the three and everything goes fine until the final step where it fails saying the desktop could not join the game...

I'll try to answer this - someone correct me if I'm wrong. Most of the wireless access points I've seen also have several ethernet ports on the back - can you not connect the desktop that way?

[cszeto]

pvivek2,

You basically hijacked http://forums.practicallynetworked.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=9436 with a very different configuration, so now you have your own thread to keep down the confusion for all. Your situation is probably solved easiest by just relocating your wireless router to the location of your wired system. As mylescdavis has stated, most wireless routers (not access points) include multiple wired ethernet ports in the combination units.

mylescdavis,

Please keep in mind that you are referring to combination wireless routers which are not exactly the same thing as wireless access points. The wireless routers are actually a combination of 3 different networking devices - NAT router, ethernet switch and wireless access point.